CITATION INFORMATION

Title: Lightweight 3D-printed fused silica mirrors for X-ray astronomy: design, analysis, and manufacture

Lead researcher: Marcell Westsik[1]
Co-Investigators: Marta M. Civitani[2] and Gabriele Vecchi[2]
Contributing researchers: Katherine Morris[1]
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Atkins[1]

[1] - STFC UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK
[2] - INAF Astronomical Observatory of Brera, Merate, 23807 (LC), Italy

Year: 2026

Funder:	- ESA Open Science Innovation Platform, contract number: 4000148908 
	- UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship ‘Printing the future of space telescopes’ under grants # MR/T042230/1 and MR/Z000238/1

One line summary: Three design files that define the three cylindrical prototype geometries defined in the publication - "Lightweight 3D-printed fused silica mirrors for X-ray astronomy: design, analysis, and manufacture".

Publication: SPIE Conference Proceedings / conference paper 14146-53 / SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation / 5th - 11th July / Copenhagen, Demark.      

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LICENCE

CC-BY-NC

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DATA AND FILE OVERVIEW - File tree

SPIE_14146_53_OpenData / 3 files
	- OSIP_AM_Xray_Solid_mirror_segment.stp
	- OSIP_AM_Xray_TPMS_mirror_segment.stl
	- OSIP_AM_Xray_Voronoi_mirror_segment.stl

DATA AND FILE OVERVIEW - File types

.stp - universal CAD format
.stl - universal file format for 3D printing 

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION - Design

Prototype designs
	- Year of design: 2025
	- Location: STFC UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK
	- Design software: Autodesk Inventor (Autodesk, Inc; USA)
			   nTopology (nTopology; USA)	   		 
	- Prototype dimensions: 100 mm x 100 mm, 5 - 8 mm thick, 244.5 mm radius of curvature. 
	- Optical prescription: cylindrical